2953 x 2215 px | 25 x 18,8 cm | 9,8 x 7,4 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
22 novembre 2004
Ubicazione:
FOB Marez, Mosul, northern Iraq.
Altre informazioni:
These are M1126 "Stryker" Infantry Carrier Vehicles (ICVs) of the 1st Battalion 24th Infantry Regiment (1-24), nicknamed "Deuce Four", driving through FOB (Forward Operating Base) Marez in Mosul, in northern Iraq. The Stryker is an eight-wheeled armoured personnel carrier, fitted with slat armour designed as protection against RPGs. The two Strykers on the left are armed with M2 Browning .50 calibre machine-guns. The Stryker on the right is armed with an RWS (Remote Weapon Station) M151 Protector fitted with an M2 Browning .50 calibre machine-gun. The first Stryker brigades were deployed to Iraq in October 2003. The 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment was assigned to the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (SBCT) "Lightning" (a Stryker brigade), and served in Iraq from October 2004 to October 2005. Camp Marez was near Mosul Airport, initially home to the 101st Airborne Division rear command post and various other units. It was initially known as Camp Performance, then Forward Operating Base/Fire Base Glory. In early 2004 it was renamed Camp Marez. This was during the aftermath of the Battle of Mosul (8 - 16 November 2004) when insurgents took control of most of the city. After the US-led invasion in March 2003, the Americans went on to occupy Iraq for eight years as part of a multi-national force, their troops finally departing in 2011.
